Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 1144422,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1144422/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 380,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, DP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Gitonga",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13491,
        "legal_name": "George Gitonga Murugara",
        "slug": "george-gitonga-murugara"
    },
    "content": "With those very many remarks, let us pass this legislation. Let every leader genuinely support the people who make music. They are down trodden. We should ensure their rights are protected so that they can also come up. That is why we talk about bottom-up, that is, rising from the bottom coming upwards in order to lead a decent life like those other people who live decent lives. Most of the guys who say that they speak for the poor are the advocates of the trickle-down economic model in which riches trickle from up there down into the hands of the poor. We have been with this model for the last 60 or 100 years, but it has never worked! It is high time we supported the bottom-up economic model. For the first time, we need to see whether taking resources down to the base of the pyramid will be able to expand the tax base thereby improving the economy. We will be able to collect more taxes and pay our debts that are spiralling. We will do everything, including development. We will go to the poor person down there and bring him up so that he is able to join the upper class. Therefore, this is a bottom-up piece of legislation. As a supporter of the hustler movement, I wholeheartedly support it. Thank you."
}